Water Problems

During November the generator at the Knoll's Mill stopped working. Guy brought in a mechanic who discovered it was wire that had been chewed through by a mouse. Now fixed. Portable generator at ranch house mill also stopped running. Generator belongs to the person running cattle on Johnny Naegle's land. Guy got the owner to get it repaired

11/12/07 Talked to Guy. Said that he had good water at Knoll's mill (70 inches) but the feeder trough was leaking more now and he's concerned. We tried to repair it earlier with a repair dough. Asked him what we should do and he said he didn't know until he got back up there to take a look at it again.

Asked dad a few weeks ago about how to know when you need to put hay out for the cattle in the winter but didn't get a satisfactory answer that made sense to me (something like "when they need it"). But he and mom both reminised about the winter of 1969 when the snow was so high that dad and Casper had to pull hay behind horses on sheets of tin. Dad said they didn't have to open any gates because the snow was above the fences and they just walked right over them.